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Month: April 2012

  • Relax and Fly Those Pants

    I recently read something I wrote about a year ago…it was about flying by the seat of my pants.  I had to laugh because NOTHING has changed in a year.  Pant-flying is still my major mode of movement. Oh, I try to plan.  I’m a planner at heart.  Really want to be organized, get things…

  • Strong Arms

    Sitting by the sideline of my son’s soccer game, I had an interesting halftime conversation.  Another single mom friend and I were talking about how we miss being hugged, maybe I should say held.  I’m blessed to have many friends who will give me loving hugs.  But there is a big difference between sweet friends…

  • The Sweetest Easter Candy

    Saturday night as I stood doling out candy into colorful baskets, I couldn’t help but wonder, “What the heck am I doing?” Talk about setting myself up for defeat.  Basically, I was giving my kids candy so that over the next week I can spend most of my time saying, “No, honey, not until after…

  • The Big White Box

    In my garage is a giant white box.  It’s an albatross of sorts.  It’s been sitting in there for months.  It’s my wedding dress, and for the life of me I can’t figure out what to do with it.  I got married in 1990 so it’s big and poufy – beautiful, but big and poufy…